RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervises the clinical care planning anddelivery processes to ensure the coordination of quality patient care. Reviewsand updates the care plan accordingly

• Assesses residents/clients upon admission andperiodically as conditions change

• Performs rounds to evaluate patient condition

• Provides or assists with the delivery of directpatient care when indicated, including activities of daily living, mealassistance, medication and treatment administration, and leisure activitieswhen indicated

• Obtains and implements Physician Orders, checkingfor accuracy and completeness

• Communicates between shifts regarding changes inresident/patient conditions

• Ensures a safe and secure environment forpatients/residents, staff and visitors

• Provides clinical assessment to MD/NPs on callfor quality outcomes delivered to patients

• Plans, implements and evaluates the clinicalcompetencies and on-going educational/orientation needs of the staff.

• Participate in Facility surveys (inspections)made by authorized government agencies as requested by the Administrator orDirector of Nursing Services

• Participate in developing, implementing, andperiodically updating the resident’s written discharge plan

• Ensure that a sufficient number of nursing staffis available for each shift to ensure that quality care is maintained

• Make daily rounds of the Nursing ServicesDepartment to ensure that all nursing service personnel are performing theirwork assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Reportfindings to the Director of Nursing Services

• Review complaints and grievances made or filedby department personnel. Make appropriate reports to the Director of NursingServices, as required or as may be necessary

• Maintain nursing supplies inventory and otherresponsibilities as required

• Assist in the Quality Assurance and PerformanceImprovement (QAPI) process

QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION /EXPERIENCE:

• Current registration and license to practice asa Registered Nurse in the state employed in

• Peripheral IV certification

• Minimum 5 years nursing experience in ahospital, nursing home or other healthcare setting and a minimum 1-yearexperience as a nurse supervisor

• CPR/BLS certified

• Strong knowledge of nursing and medicalpractices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines thatpertain to nursing care centers.

• The ability to read, write, speak and understandthe English language required, knowledge of other language helpful

SUPERVISORYRESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervises the nursing personnel and theday-to-day nursing activities of the facility during an assigned tour of duty

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• This job operates in a health care setting. Thisrole requires regular walking to various locations around the care center

• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease andinfection from patients and specimens in working environment

• Incumbent may be required to work extendedperiods of time at a video display terminal Incumbent may experience traumaticsituations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients

• Works beyond normal working hours and onweekends and holidays when necessary

• Must be able to stay or return to facility duringemergency conditions

PHYSICALREQUIREMENTS:

• The physical demands described here arerepresentative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully performthe essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, theemployee is regularly required to talk and hear.Specific vision abilities required by thisjob include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision,depth perception and ability to adjust focus

• This position is very active and requiresstanding, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling andclimbing all day. The employee must frequently lift or move objects andpatients weighing over 50 pounds.